Acknowledgment of global disparities in critical illness. |
Contact and collaborate with colleagues in developing countries by sponsoring mutual knowledge transfer programs, including mutual travel exchanges of qualified intensivists and trainees. |
Donate time, knowledge, and resources to organizations already doing work in the developing world. |
Advocate for less expensive medications, including newer generation antibiotics, analgesia, and sedation as well as less expensive medications to prevention critical illness such as vaccination and antiretrovirals. |
Mandate our professional societies and funding agencies to consider a global perspective in research and education support and create a section within medical professional society task forces on global disparity with specific aims of reducing disparities through education, research, and mutual knowledge transfer. |
Sponsor attendance of acute care professionals to an upcoming conference or your own intensive care unit. |